Where does “veroleikkuri” come from?

veroleikkuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikkuri, from Finnish leikata, from Proto-Finnic leik'at'ak — to cut.

veroleikkuri (Finnish): tax cut

Definitions

  1. tax cut

Ancestry of “veroleikkuri”, step by step

veroleikkuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikkuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkuricutter
2Finnishleikatato cut; to incise; to mow
3Proto-Finnicleik'at'akto cut

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Finnic leik'at'ak →Every word from Finnish leikata →Every word from Finnish leikkuri →